Translation of the author's Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung, und sonderbare Blumennahrung (Nuremberg, 1679-1683). Previously published in Dutch under title: Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (Amsterdam, 1713-1717), and in Latin under title Erucarum ortus, alimentum et paradoxa metamorphosis (Amsterdam, 1718). Bernard published an ed. in French, parallel to the present ed., also in 1730. See Nissen
Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration (2. Aufl.)
Bound with: Over de voortteeling en wonderbaerlyke veranderingen der Surinaemsche insecten / Maria Sybilla Merian. Amsterdam : Joannes Oosterwyck, 1719 (89-B10750)
